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Webster 1913 Edition

Skipper

Skip′per

,
Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, skips.
2.
A young, thoughtless person.
Shak.
3.
(Zool.)
The saury (
Scomberesox saurus
).
4.
The cheese maggot. See
Cheese fly
, under
Cheese
.
5.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family
Hesperiadae
; – so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.

Skip′per

,
Noun.
[D.
schipper
. See
Shipper
, and
Ship
.]
1.
(Naut.)
The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
2.
A ship boy.
[Obs.]
Congreve.

Webster 1828 Edition

Skipper

SKIP'PER

,
Noun.
1.
The master of a small trading vessel.
2.
(from skip.) A dancer.
3.
A youngling; a young thoughtless person.
4.
The hornfish, so called.
5.
The cheese maggot.

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